Tridrepana obliquitaenia

Tridrepana obliquitaenia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1922.[1] It is widely distributed in New Guinea.[2]

Tridrepana obliquitaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Tridrepana
Species:
T. obliquitaenia
Binomial name
Tridrepana obliquitaenia
(Warren, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Iridrepana obliquitaenia Warren, 1922

The wingspan is about 35.2-41.8 mm for males. Adults are easily distinguished from related species by the colour pattern of the upperside.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. The Hooktips (Drepanidae, Drepaninae) of Papua Indonesia
  3. Watson, Allan (1957). "A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 4 (9): 407–500 – via BioStor.


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